Obituaries

Oct 19, 2023

Richard Paul Wertz, 81, peacefully passed away at home on October 19, 2023 at his home in Rigby Idaho.

He was born on February 22, 1942 in Taylor, Michigan to Richard Charles Wertz and Alverda Sibol Bullock Wertz.

Richard honorably served our Country in the United States Marines from 1965-1957.

Richard married the...

Oct 12, 2023

Val Dean Hanni, 90, peacefully passed away on October 12, 2023 in Goodyear Arizona.

He was born on December 8, 1932 in Rigby Idaho to Dean Hanni and Maxine Lufkin Hanni. After graduating High School, Val honorably served in the United States Army for two years.

He married the love of his life, Carma Rose...

Oct 11, 2023

Catherine Marie Prickett Curtis passed away peacefully on 11 October 2023. She was born 1 September 1949 to Cecil Harmon and Nettie Frances Christie Prickett in Tate Township, Ohio.

She grew up on a rural farm outside Felicity, Ohio. After graduating from Felicity High School, she began working for the IRS in Covington, Kentucky. While working there,...

Oct 11, 2023

Clyve “Theo” Taylor, 93, was born June 18, 1930 to Clyve Lorenzo Taylor and Edna Gregory Morrison Taylor in Preston, Idaho. Theo passed away October 11, 2023 at home in Terreton Idaho with his family by his side. He was under the care of his family and Eden Health Hospice.

Theo was the oldest of 8 children....

Oct 10, 2023

Robert Hugh Frew, Jr. (Bud) passed away at the age 79 at his home in Menan, Idaho on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Bud was born August 7, 1944 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Robert Hugh Frew, Sr. and Norma Jean Thomas Frew. He was the third of ten children and grew up farming in Burton, Idaho. Bud graduated from Madison...

Oct 9, 2023

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The Family of Cody Thomas Jeffers of Rigby, Idaho is saddened to announce his passing on October 9th 2023 at the age of 21. He was born December 23rd 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada to James Thomas Jeffers and Rachael Paternostro who would later divorce. In 2009 Cody and his...

Oct 7, 2023

Jon (Jonnie) Edward Caudle was born January 6, 1957, in Monticello, Indiana, to Stanley Floyd Caudle and Shirley Bowsher Caudle. He passed away suddenly at his home on October 7, 2023.

The family moved from Indiana to Terreton, Idaho, when Jon was 11. In a few years, they purchased a farm in Monteview. Jon, along with his...

Oct 5, 2023

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Virjean (Jeanie) Ethel Mobley entered this earthly life on December 30, 1944 in Rigby, Idaho and graduated to the next life on October 5, 2023 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Jeanie was born to Nellie Ethel Ormond Mobley and Roy Andrew Mobley. She joined three older sisters and one older...

Oct 4, 2023

Anne V. Price-Summers, 76 of Rigby, passed away on October 4, 2023 at Sage Grove Assisted Living in Rigby, under the care of Aspen Hospice.

Anne was born on February 13th, 1947 in Rigby ID to Russel Roosevelt Price and Effie Lavern Brown. She attended schools in Rigby. On October 29, 1962, she married Dale Ray Summers...

Oct 2, 2023

In a final act of rebellion, Chari Mooney passed away on October 2nd, 2023, at the age of 68, after we told her not to. A woman who never yielded to the conventions of polite society, Chari strode through the tangled web of existence with the same indomitable spirit that defined the grittiest of hard-boiled detectives and leaves behind...

Oct 1, 2023

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Reva Mae Swenson Beyeler, 102, of Ucon, Idaho, died peacefully on 1 October 2023 at Sage Grove Assisted Living Center in Rigby.

Reva was born on 8 February 1921 in Star Valley, WY to James and Minnie Cazier Swenson. She was the tenth of twelve children....

Oct 1, 2023

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Rosaline Newman Chandler, 91, passed away October 1, 2023, at her home in Rigby, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.  She was born November 15, 1931 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rulon and Dinah Newman.

Rosaline graduated...

Sep 30, 2023

Our loving mother and grandmother, Rhea K Lounsbury, 95, of Rigby, passed away quietly and peacefully on September 30, 2023, at Promontory Point, Ammon, Idaho.

Rhea was born August 25, 1928, in Lewisville, ID, to Leland and Gladys Kinghorn. She attended school in Lewisville and graduated from Midway High School. She worked at the Michell Inn in...

Sep 30, 2023

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Audrey Cummins, 86, peacefully passed away surrounded by loved ones at her home on September 30, 2023.

She was born on November 22, 1936 to Doris and Norman Lister in Durham, England.

Audrey married John Cummins in 1958 in Long Island, New York. Their union brought...

Sep 27, 2023

Bruce Alva Carson, 82, from Rigby, Idaho died September 27, 2023 at his residence.

He was born on May 20, 1941 on a cattle work farm in Duchesne County, Utah. Bruce is he second child to Bonnie Westfall and Alva Carson. His family moved to Idaho Falls when he was young, residing in Idaho Falls before moving...

Sep 27, 2023

Jack Holder was born in Meeker, Oklahoma, on August 7th, 1925, to Arthur and Blanche Holder. For the first 12 years of his life his name was Jackson Beauford. But he didn’t care much for that name. So when he finally got an official birth certificate, his parents decided he was old enough to name himself. And that’s when...

Sep 21, 2023

Ora Mae Neville Dortch, 74, of Idaho Falls, peacefully passed away surrounded by loved ones on September 21, 2023. She was under the care of Brio Hospice.

She was born on April 18, 1949 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Venna V. Housley Wilhelm and William Keith Neville.

She married Ray Nesson in 1969, they divorced...

Sep 18, 2023

Phyllis Ann Stringham, 79, peacefully passed away on September 18, 2023.

She was born on September 22, 1943 in Kentucky to Fred Alan Woods and Bonnie Virginia Morrison Woods. Phyllis grew up and graduated from Greenup County Junior High.

During her life, Phyllis lived in Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, California, Virginia and Idaho. She was a...

Sep 18, 2023

Valerie Ann Metcalf Montgomery passed away September 18, 2023, in Blackfoot Idaho at the Willows Care Center.

Valerie was born April 25, 1939, to Carl Russell and Agnes Smith Metcalf in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was their seventh child. She lived on Anderson Street with her family and with her mother after her father passed away in...

Sep 15, 2023

Erin Ronald Rees, 26, of Idaho Falls ID, passed away on September 15, 2023 after a devastating car wreck.

He was born on April 2, 1997 to Toni L. Rees and Joanne Stephens Rees.

He attended school in Rigby ID and obtained his GED.

On July 26, 2014 Erin married the love of...